Wellness vacations

There’s something wonderfully freeing about taking your weekly yoga practice and turning it into a week-long retreat. Swap your local studio for a fantastic countryside setting run by experienced, passionate and – crucially – appropriately accredited practitioners. The best thing about our yoga vacations is that we offer so many of them, all around the world. Think plant-based retreats in the mountains of Spain, studios with sea views in Greece, and yoga on the beach in the Caribbean. There’s something for you, whatever you want to get out of your practice: teacher training, relaxation, strength, inspiration – and the opportunity to do so in a supportive environment with like-minded yogis. Our yoga trips also help local communities and nature, whether that’s offering classes for local people, too, supporting local farmers, or using the local bus service and restaurants.

Our fitness vacations are about relaxation and enjoyment as much as they are about getting some exercise. Set in stunning locations, run by professionals, and supported by great nutritionists and kitchen staff, they’ll have you feeling great. These are excellent opportunities to find a fun new hobby: think surfing, Pilates, or dance fitness and you’ll find that good weather and lovely scenery will lure you out onto running and hiking trails. You might go for a yoga and hiking retreat in Alicante, a swimming retreat in the Balearics, or a trail running vacation in Wales. Wherever you go, you might find that just being somewhere new can be a great way to kickstart a new lifestyle, and effect lasting change back home.

Wellness isn’t just something physical, but has mental, emotional, and spiritual components, too. Whilst we can’t promise a panacea to all life’s problems, we try our best to create vacations that balance all your needs at once: think nutritional advice, life coaching, mindfulness, meditation and non-violent communication workshops to supplement yoga, Pilates, running and surfing. Our holistic wellness vacations are all-encompassing in other ways, too. Whilst they’re designed to make you feel better, they’re also designed to support communities and nature, too. Whether that’s by using local suppliers and plant-based menus, permaculture kitchen gardens or employing local professionals to coach your classes, our holistic wellness vacations are wholly good.

Our spa vacations aren’t set in sprawling resorts. Instead, they celebrate wellness traditions around the world by seeking them at source. You’re more likely to find yourself enjoying thermal pools and mineral waters straight out of the ground, having a massage that uses traditional techniques, and getting your treatments alongside local people, rather than other guests. Where better to enjoy the ancient art of Ayurveda than in Kerala, its homeland, or Sri Lanka, where medicinal plants grow in abundance and the practice has been taking place since the 6th century BC. Our spa and ayurveda vacations benefit you, but they also benefit local people, by preserving traditional practices and supporting livelihoods.